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Ordinary proceedings — joinder or counterclaim.

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IA Code › Title XV › Chapter 643 › Section 643.2

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The action shall be by ordinary proceedings, but there shall be no joinder of any cause of action not of the same kind, nor shall there be allowed any counterclaim.

[R60, §4175; C73, §3226; C97, §4164; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12178; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §643.2]

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Ordinary proceedings — joinder or counterclaim. · Iowa Code § 643.2 | Frix